For blacks, Zimmerman trial spoke of social inequity

3:27 PM,
Aug. 12, 2013

Mark Russell

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Mark Russell

For many outside of the black community the implications and reverberations of the Trayvon Martin saga may be hard to fathom. Aside from the life-altering events embodied by this tragedy, it also revealed continuing schisms within the black community as well as ongoing differences of perspectives driven by race and privilege.

CNN Anchor Don Lemon, a black male, recently triggered a firestorm of controversy when he suggested that blacks are their own worst enemy in the path to equality. He cited five things blacks should do to fix their problems, including admonitions to stop wearing ...